Puritan Gift: Triumph and Decline of an American Dream

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The Puritan Gift traces the origins and the characteristics of American managerial culture which, in the course of three centuries, would turn a group of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth. It was the Protestant ethic whose characteristics—thrift, a respect for enquiry, individualism tempered by a need to cooperate, success as a measure of divine approval—helped to create the conditions which led ...

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Very Good+ ? in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 9?" x 6?". [XVI] 334pp. Index. Bibliography. [Illustrated by way of: Black and White ... Photographs; <br><br>From the cover: ?Where does the Protestant work ethic come from? And how did America achieve such dominance in management for so long?<br><br><i>The Puritan Gift</i> traces the origins and characteristics of an American managerial culture which, over the course of three centuries, turned a handful of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth. It argues that the energy, social mobility, competitiveness and capacity for innovation, all of which lie at the heart of that culture, have their origins in the discipline and ethos of America?s first wave of European immigrants: the Puritans. Drawing lessons from their own extensive experience, the authors warn that, as America distances itself from the core values which underlay its commercial and economic success during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it puts its own future prosperity and security at risk.<br><br>The book also explores how American managerial culture has spread throughout the world. In particular it examines the impact of the US occupation of Japan on the social and manufacturing mores of that country and explains how America?s inherited style of management interacted with Japanese traditions.<br><br>This is an original exploration of the dramatic and far-reaching consequences of the Puritans? ?gift? to America ? the ethos which produced the early success of America and what came to be known as the American dream.? ] Read more Show Less

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Financial Times Top Ten Business Book of 2007!

The Puritan Gift traces the origins and the characteristics of American managerial culture which, in the course of three centuries, would turn a group of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth. It was the Protestant ethic whose characteristics—thrift, a respect for enquiry, individualism tempered by a need to cooperate, success as a measure of divine approval—helped to create the conditions which led to America's managerial and corporate success. Thus, the authors contend, the drive, energy and acceptance of innovation, competition, growth and social mobility, all have their origins in the discipline and ethos of America's first wave of European immigrants: the Puritans. And, the authors warn, as Americans distance themselves from core values which produced their nineteenth and twentieth century business and economic successes, they endanger the basis for their prosperity and security.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781850434191
  • Publisher: I. B.Tauris & Company, Limited
  • Publication date: 2/20/2007
  • Pages: 352
  • Product dimensions: 6.42 (w) x 9.59 (h) x 1.22 (d)

Meet the Author

Kenneth Hopper has been active for 50 years as a writer on industrial affairs and a consultant in both the U.S. and Europe. William Hopper has spent his career in investment banking in New York and London.

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Table of Contents


List of Illustrations     ix
Preface     xi
Acknowledgements     xiv
Prologue     xv
Origins     1
The Puritan Origins of American Managerial Culture     3
The Great Migration of the 1630s     15
'Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way'     28
The Profound Influence of French Technology     37
Rise     47
Colonel Roswell Lee Designs the Prototype     49
Dan McCallum Creates the Multidivisional Corporation     66
Frederick W. Taylor Reorganizes the Factory Floor     74
Pierre du Pont Invents the Modern Manufacturing Company     82
Triumph     91
The Golden Age of American Management (1920-1970)     93
Three Wise Men from the West Go to Japan     108
Collapse - The Cult of the (So-called) Expert     125
Origins and Nature of the Cult     127
Impact of the Cult on the Great Engine Companies     142
The Business Schools as Temples of the Cult     165
Impact of the Cult on Society     190
The Years that the Locust Ate (1971-1995)     220
Dr. Deming Rides to the Rescue - and Fails (1980-1993)     232
The Third (or Sino-Japanese)Industrial Revolution     244
Revival     253
The False Dawn (1996-2000)     255
The First Light of the True Dawn (2001-2006)     263
Twenty-five Principles Underlying Good Practice from the Golden Age of Management (1920-1970)     279
Notes     290
Bibliography     319
Index of Names     325
Subject Index     331
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